Connecticut western news., 1887-12-14
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns.

Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns. A case of leprosy has been discovered in Wichita, Kan, young Swedish woman being the victim.
 A collision took place near Olanthe, Kan, completely wrecking freight train and kill ing the engineer and fireman.
 C. B. Farmer, a noted horse thief escaped from jail at Moberly, Mo-, and a reward of $500 Is offered for his capture.
 T residence of William Haverstick, at Dayton, Ohio, was broken into by two masked burglars and, while one of them over awed Mir and Mrs. Haverstick with revolver the other ransached the apartments and stole Sl30.
 A bill reducing letter postage to one cent is proposed.
 Two wills presented for probate at wich- ita, Kan, excite suspicious of foul play to- ward the testator, Q widow.
 A mother and six children, overcome by the smoke of their burning dwelling near Hu- ron, D. T., perished in the flames. The fath- CT and one daughter escaped badly burned. pr. William A. Hammond says there IS nothing impossible in psychical research But there arc some things he doesn't believe.
 Dentist John Wettlanfer, of New York city, after looking up the manner ID when recent suicide was committed, hung himself George Gorham Bond, of Jamaica Plains, near Boston, a student at the Harvard Veterl- nary School, shot and killed hlnlself at the Gilsey House, N. I. city.
 The steamer Chandernagor, oyercrowded with Italian immigrants. detained at Quarantine because of smallpox on board. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, and Bishop Ryan of Buffalo, who are en route to Rome to take part in the Pope's jubilee, ar- lived at Queenstown.
 Philip Stein, charged with numbering William Jones in Erie, Pa, on Dec. l, was ar rested in Auburn. Stein is a shoemaker and an ex-convict, and is thirty-two years old. His home is in Rochester. He denies the charge, and will go to Erie.
 Henry Lovey, who shot Mrs. Xavier Guer- dat in Torrington, Conn.,, on Friday, and es- caped was found by searching party on Sat urday night in the woods, about mile from his house. He had hanged himself to tree, and had been dead for 8 considerable time. Mrs. Guerdat is doing we'll and will probably recover.
 Downs vanaman, the cook of the schooner Nellie s. terrell, which was sunk off Barnegat on Thursday night, and who was supposed to to have been lost, has arrived at Goshen, N. J. He says he was picked up in an uneoncious condition twenty miles at sea, after floating on his bunk for eighteen hours, and landed in Nsw York on Saturday.
 Deputy United States Marshal Thomas brought into Fort Smith, Ark, the largest batch of criminals ever brought there at one time. They numbered forty-two. Twelve of them are charged with murder, five with as- sault with intent to kill, fifteen with larceny, and ten with the violation of the revenue and intercourse laws. They all came from the Indian Territory.
 James H. Gambrill Jr., young son of the proprietor of Frederick Flouring Mill, st Frederick, Md, shot and killed Nelson Stan ton, a colored man, whom he caught in the act of stealing coal from the mill. The Coro- ner's jury to-day rendered verdict to the ef feet that the shooting was ssa piece of mis- chance and accident" and young Gambrill was released from custody.
 A street car got away from the driver at the Union Avenue Viaduct, Pueblo, Col, and started to run down the grade, breaking loose from the horse. The car struck buggy in which were J. O. Shields, 70 years old, and his daughter, Mrs. l.. M. Sperry. Both were thrown out and the buggy was wrecked.
 Two freight trains collided on the Chcsa- peake and Ohio Railroad near Clifton Forge, Staunton, Va. Three men were killed, one of whom was Conductor Fry. Both trains were wrecked.
 A new coke pool is being organized at Pittsburg.
 Thomas Ellis shot his wife and killed him. self at Montrose, Ga. The wife will recover. -E. H. McMillan & Bros. grain mill was destroyed by fire at Winnipeg. Loss, S5O,OOO. Isaac Lewis, who took an immense stock of dry-goods to Waco, Tex, has had the goods attached by New York and Texas creditors.
 A census of the city of Charleston, s. G., just completed, shows 8 total population of 62, 357; gain of nearly per cent. since the . city census of 1885. The white population is 27,543 and the colored S4, 814.
 A cablegram from Rome announces that the Rev. Thomas McGovern, rector of St. Joseph's Church, Danville, Pa, has been ap- pointed to the See of Harrisburg, to succeed the late Bishop Shanahan.
 United States Marshal Jones, of Topeka Kan, received by mail small tin box. Efforts were made to open it unsuccessfully by Col Jones, ex-Gov Click, and Deputy Marshal Sharett. When it was finally opened the con tents were found to be nitro-glycerine in suffi cient quantity to have blown up the building and killed dozen men.
 The Toledo Oil Company sold out to tEt Standard Oil Company for Sl0O.0OO. Thi: ends the Toledo competition with the Standard
 The Grand Commander and E1ecutiv Committee of the G. A. R. met in Columbus Ohio, to arrange for the grand encampment il that city next September.
 James D. Carson, the millionaire presi dent of the Chicago and Western railroad, ha been sued for divorce by his wife on the ground of inhuman cruelty and infdelity.
 Great excitement prevailed in Halifax, N S., over supposed attempt to blow up tn gun cotton tank on Georges Island, whicl would have involved the destruction of hal the city.
 Joseph M. Disz, . relative of ex-Presiden Diaz, was arrested in Chicago, charged witl the embezzlement of S5, 900 from his employ CTS.
 There is a coal famine in Western Kansas
 N. K. Fairbauk, the big Tacker, Marvin Hughitt, president of the Northwestern Rail road, c. NJ. Henderson, wholesale shoe dealer and Selig Greenbaum, banker, all Chicago mil ionaires, were summoned jurors in tn Criminal Court, but failed to put in an appear ance. Judge Williamson ordered attach ments for contempt of court to be issued
 Major Noah Johnston died at his residenc in Mount Vernon, H., aged S3 years. He wa Mexican veteran.
 Deputy United States Marshal Stokel, was killed at the Mckinney ranch, Indial Territory, by an outlaw nam q James Lowrey who was in turn killed by Stoke ys posse.
 John and Willie Dallas were drowned a Fairfield, Conn.,, while skating on thin ice.
 William Baxter, his two sons and neigh Dor, were bitten by mad dog near Chatta nooga, Tenn. Fifteen days ago the dog bit lot of geese, and they all died.
 The State of Texas is likely to fall heir t $lO,OOO, 900 or Sl5O)),OOO left by the million aire Bean, who had no relatives.
 The Fiftieth Congress completed it's ol ganization without ripple The political al mosphere of both ends of the Capitol was a genial and sunny as the warm and gentle al of the eastery winter day outside the bi dome.
 Gen. Vim. H. Emory was buried wit military honors from St. Johns Episcop, Church, Washington, D. C.
 The order of the Mayor of Chicago tn: no beer can be sold at coming Ansrchi' meeting is to be disrcgarded, and trouble